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No. 440,351. Patented Nov. 11, 1890.

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MARTIN GABRIELLI, OF NEVV YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED TABLE, lRONlNG-BOARD, AND STEP-LADDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,351, dated November11, 1890.

Application filed June 2, 1890- Serial No. 354,016- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN GABRIELLI, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in a Combined Table,Ironing- Board, and Step-Ladder, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates especially to a combined kitchen-table,ironing-board, and stepladder, and has for its object the provision of adevice simple in construction, cheap in manufacture, and eificient inpractical use.

To attain the desired end, my invention consists in the construction andarrangement of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings which form a part of this specification, Figures 1 and 2represent side elevations of an article constructed according to myinvention used, respectively, as a table and step-ladder. Fig. 3 is aface view of the step-ladder, and Fig. 4. is an end view of my inventionwhen used as a table.

Like letters of reference, wherever they occur, indicate correspondingparts in all the figures.

Referring again to the drawings, A represents the legs of my table, oneof which is placed under each of the four corners of the same, eachopposite pair of legs A being connected by two or more inclined oroblique cross-pieces 0., adapted to form steps, as will be hereinafterset forth.

Near the top and on the interior sides of each opposite pair of legs Aare pivoted, by the rivets a the braces A each pair of the latter beingalso provided with connecting cross-pieces a, obliquely placed asregards the edge line, the terminal edges being so formed as to assume avertical position when my device is used as a table, and to lie in anapproximately horizontal direction when my appliance is used as astep-ladder, the two braces A being joined together by the hinges a Thebraces A are preferably made narrower in width at their hinged ends, andat the larger extremities of the same are formed eccentric projectionsor enlargements o adapted, in connection with a lug or stop M, withwhich the legs A are provided, to limit the upward motion of the bracesA when my article is used as a step-ladder, as

is clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, in which case the obliquecross-pieces a. and a serve to form steps for the same. The braces A areprovided with stay-hooks a which serve to engage with the legs A when mydevice is used as-a table, and thus to hold the parts rigidly together.The upper portions of the legs A are provided with recesses a, one pairof'which serves to hold the, loose cleat B, together with thecross-cleat c, rigidly attached to the under side of the table-top O,and the other pair the cleat b, hinged to the ironing-board l3, and thecleat c, secured to the table-top O. Hooks c serve to hold the ends ofthe table-top C to the upper portions of the legs A.

In practical operation, when the parts are in the position shown in Fig.1, my device forms a substantial steady table of light weight and ofconvenient size.

For ironing purposes, the hooks 0 having been disengaged, the table-topC may be removed and the ironing-board B will then be in proper positionfor use. The hinge b serves to allow the free end of the board to beraised so that the clothes may be drawn over it, and the inclined bracesA will keep the same in an elevated position, so as to prevent them frombeing soiled, which would be the case should they fall upon the floor.

When the use of a step-ladder is desired, the ironing-board B and cleatb hinged thereto, and also the loose cleat B, are removed, and the stayhooks a loosened, whereupon the braces A pivoted to the legs, the jointbeing near the center of the steps, may be lifted up to the positionshown in Fig. 2, one of the stay-hooks a on each side now serving tohold each pair of braces A together, a strong, steady, and convenientstep-ladder thus being formed.

As it is evident that many slight changes in the construction andrelative arrangement of parts might be resorted to without departingfrom the spirit and scope of my invention, I would have it understoodthat I do not restrict myself to the particular construction andarrangement of parts shown and described, but that I reserve the rightto make such changes, and that What I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with folding steps hinged together at the top andjointed near the center and provided with recesses, of two cleats, onehinged to an ironing-board, the two cleats adapted to become engagedwith the recesses, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with folding steps hinged together at the top andjointed near the center and provided with recesses, of a detatchabletable-top and an ironing-board, both adapted to engage with therecesses, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The folding steps hinged together at the top and jointed near thecenter, the lower portion serving either as table-legs or as the lowersteps of the step-ladder and the upper portion forming either the topofthe same or braces for the table-legs, in combination with a detachabletable-top provided with cleats adapted to engage in recesses formed inthe steps, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony of the foregoing specification I do hereby sign the same,in the city'of New York, county and State of New York, this 13th day ofJuly, A. D. 1889.

' MARTIN GABRIELLI.

Witnesses:

JNo. FOWLER, SADIE ONEILL.

